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On one fine Sunday afternoon at Storifield Royal, a pre alert was received from paramedics

” 77 year old male has had a sudden onset of severe back and bilateral leg pain an hour ago. Now he cant feel his legs. He is too agitated due to pain so we have not been able to record any observations. Patient looks pale and unwell. ETA is 5 minutes”

So we geared ourselves up to receive the patient with likely dissection. Here is the timeline of this case.